Games you really want to play, but can't or won't?

[fyrilsol@kbin.melroy.org]

I've played a lot of ARPGs and every one of them has their different flavors. But, I'm a type that wants a specific flavor and trying other flavors just makes me feel like it's not good enough. It's kind of like it's a discount version of that flavor I like. I'm playing a game that's inspired by the game that defined the genre. Just to expand a little, I am not trying to say that the games mentioned are terrible. I've touched upon Grim Dawn and Titan a few times.

But a lot of the time, my mood and feeling always darts for Diablo.

[mushroommunk@lemmy.today]

Split fiction. It looks solid and my friend and I need more games to play together that isn't competitive pvp, but we both vote with our dollar and refuse to give EA any more money.

[plzgivhugs@sh.itjust.works]

RPGs in general, but esspecially Fallout. I want to like them. I love games with a heavy emphasis on detailed worlds and environmental storytelling. I love detailed character customization and building. I especially love varied and non-linear games. Despite all of that, I just can't enjoy RPGs, because the primary loops are always so shallow. Melee is almost always either a matter of spam clicking or timing paries, firearms tend to be just holding left click on mindless enemies as they walk into a choke point, and stealth is either buggy and unreliable or completely overpowered. So much of the game is spent on these weak points, rather than the genre's strengths, to the point where I just can't enjoy them.

[abumarkey@szmer.info]

Multiplayer games. I tried Counter Strike a few times, but I just can't bring myself to like the tempo. I want to play in my pace.

[bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de]

Yeah, I don't know exactly what it is but I always feel like I don't have enough overview in those. Like I can't really make out the enemies. Apart from that I don't really like the gem system. I think PoE 2 had something new but PoE2 is too hard on my brain unfortunately.

D2 exactly hits that sweet spot of simplicity and new mechanics for me. Although nothing beats the atmosphere of D1.

[thev2@programming.dev]

I want to avoid time-consuming games like Dota 2 or Crusader Kings 3...

[hperrin@lemmy.ca]

I’d love to play games like Fortnight, PUBG, and League of Legends (I know, don’t judge me), but they don’t work on Linux, so they’re just a no-go for me. I used to play GTA V Online, but they added kernel anticheat to that too, and now I don’t play that anymore.

I have Windows, but I’m not booting into another partition just to play a game. I use it for compiling my software for Windows users, and that’s already too much of a pain in the ass. I cannot stand Windows. It’s a bloated mess, and I don’t understand how anyone gets any actual work done on it. Just navigating it feels like a chore.

[ampersandrew@lemmy.world]

Would you mind listing some of the ones you've tried? Describing melee as spam clicking sounds like you've either only played real-time RPGs or didn't understand the tactics that come with the trade-offs on your character sheet. Fallout itself comes in a ton of different flavors across the series.

[rtxn@lemmy.world]

Dead Space 1 remaster. I categorically refuse to give any money to EA (even before the Saudi buyout), and that's their only game I'm even remotely interested in that isn't available through alternative channels.

[emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Just get it from an alternative source and play it locally. That's more fun anyway and far too few games still have split screen coop.

[justsquigglez@leminal.space]

There's so many Nintendo games I wish I could play but I haven't had a Nintendo console since the Wii U and I can't really convince myself to buy a switch (1 or 2) especially now that the Steam Deck exists.

I'll probably emulate at some point. But there's so many games out there that I'm kinda just fine never touching Nintendo again. Especially with how they are as a company.

[msokiovt@lemmy.today]

Silksong is designed for those who are good at Hollow Knight, I think.

[msokiovt@lemmy.today]

I can't even play Apex anymore because EA decided Linux players cheat, and therefore, must be categorically banned from playing. All they did was turn off that switch for Proton/WINE support.

The real reason is because they can't spy on people who use Linux too easily, like they can with Windows used.

[tab@sh.itjust.works]

how ahout kingdom come deliverance? combat is a bit more interesting in that series

[thingsiplay@lemmy.ml]

I tried to get into MOBAs multiple times. Just reinstalled Dota 2 again (previously when I was still on Windows tried LoL). I don't know what it is, but I just cant get into and play it. I like the idea of it though.

[royal_bitch_pudding@lemmy.world]

You could try Heroes of the Storm. It's shorter, team combat focused, and all xp is shared.

[wizblizz@lemmy.world]

I feel that, Im a huge diablo fan but 4 was incredibly disappointing. FWIW i think path of exile gets the closest to the formula, I've also had a lot of fun with early access in poe2

[astrolightz@lemmy.world]

Mouse-heavy games like Cities: Skylines, Sims 3, and other management games. Due to a chronic injury, I'm force to mainly play with a controller, and trying to play these games with a controller would be abysmal.

[jode@pawb.social]

Shadow of the Erdtree. It's never gone on sale. I know it's 40 bucks but ffs its been out for years and the base game goes on sale all the time.

[missingno@fedia.io]

I've got a handful of JRPGs sitting on my backlog, that I never make time for because I'm just grinding another round of the same few forever games.